Protein folding symposium: programme details
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Programme: ‘Protein Folding and Disease’
Note that Sessions 1-4 will be structured to give more time for discussion than formal talks, and the Discussion Sessions will be for free discussion and will be moderated by editors from Nature Publishing Group.

Thursday 3rd October

15:00-16:00Introduction to protein folding and disease
  Alfred Goldberg, Harvard Medical School
 16:00-16:30Coffee break / discussion
 16:30-18:30Session 1: Technological challenges of studying protein folding
  Moderator: Chris Dobson, University of Cambridge (UK)
 
 

Friday 4th October

09:00-10:30Discussion session 1: Is protein folding predictable?
  Moderator: Chris Surridge, Nature Publishing Group
 10:30-11:00Coffee break / discussion
 11:00-13:00Session 2: Cell biology of protein folding
  Moderator: Ari Helenius, ETH Z�rich
 13:00-15:00Lunch
 15:00-17:00Session 3: Basic mechanisms of protein folding disease
  Moderator: Dennis Selkoe, Brigham and Women�s Hospital, Boston
 17:00-17:30Coffee break/discussion
 17:30-19:00Discussion session 2: Do common mechanisms underlie all protein folding diseases?
  Moderator: Adam Smith, Nature Publishing Group
 
 

Saturday 5th October

09:00-11:00Session 4: Therapeutic strategies for protein folding diseases
  Moderator: Fred Cohen, University of California, San Francisco
 11:00-11:30Coffee break / discussion
 11:30-13:00Symposium summary and discussion
  Rapporteur: Chris Dobson, University of Cambridge (UK)
 
 

Venue information

Palazzo Arzaga
25080 Carzago di Calvagese della Riviera,
Brescia, Italy
http://www.palazzoarzaga.com/English/index_eng.html

 
 
 
   
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